Our Aim

We’re seeking to partner with parents in cultivating a passion for the supremacy of God in the lives of their students.  This means training students to embrace Jesus Christ as their greatest treasure, preferring Him above all the fleeting pursuits that the world claims will satisfy.  We aim to give our students a vision for not wasting their lives and to equip them to make much of Christ in their daily affairs.

Our Need for the Old Testament

Tonight we're taking a big picture look at the Old Testament. "Why?" you might ask. Here's one answer from a pastor named Mark Dever:

If Christ is the key to human history, the Old Testament carefully describes the lock.
If Christ is the climax of the story, the Old Testament sets the stage and begins the plot. Do you read just the endings of books?
If the New Testament presents God’s promises kept, the Old Testament tells us about God’s promises made.
In other words, if you don’t get what the Old Testament teaches, you’ll never get Christ. Our God does not waste words. Each Testament needs the other. You will best be able to comprehend Christ’s cross if you first understand the question left unanswered by the Old Testament. The cross is the answer. How well do you know the question?
In order to acquire a sense of the grandiosity of God’s work, the majesty of his plan, the tenacity of his love, there is no replacement for the Old Testament. Deprive yourself of this part of God’s revelation, and your God will seem smaller, less holy, and less loving than God really is.


Quote from Mark Dever, The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2006), 19.

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